The
National Popular Vote plan for states to join together to guarantee
election of the presidential candidate who wins the national popular
vote cleared the Colorado Senate on April 17th.

Nationally, the drive for
legislation in all 50 states is well under
way. Bills have been introduced in California,
Illinois, Louisiana and Missouri. California and Missouri
have scheduled hearings for April 25, and the senate and house bills in
Illinois have 25 sponsors, including leading Republicans, Democrats and
independents.

Meanwhile, there has been new editorial support, including from
the Minneapolis Tribune and columnists Molly Ivins and Jonathan Chait.

FairVote's Rob Richie and Paul Fidalgo offer a way to give everyone a say in presidential nominations while retaining the valuable state-by-state evaluation process. This piece also ran in McClatchy's newswire.